New submission from Jonathan Fine <jfine2...@gmail.com>:
The title says it all. faq/design: PEP 572 adds assignment expressions https://docs.python.org/3.8/faq/design.html#why-can-t-i-use-an-assignment-in-an-expression [Can't use] this C idiom: while (line = readline(f)) { // do something with line } https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/ while chunk := file.read(8192): process(chunk) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 322430 nosy: docs@python, jfine2358 priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: faq/design: PEP 572 adds assignment expressions type: behavior versions: Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue34237> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
